Today's flowers - Morning flowers

This morning I walked to my offices with my camera ready to pick some flowers for you.

First I passed Swarovski's crystal flowers at Kärntnerstraße,

cool, blue and sparkly!

Yellow sunflowers at the nearby flowerstand made me feel like summer again!

Then I found white elegant roses in front of Lobmeyr's shopwindow,

and flowers even in the shoe shop!

At Wiedner Hauptstraße, workers from the Stadtgartenamt cultivated the public flowerbeds.

Sky Watch Friday - Blue sky

I spent a wonderful week in Carinthia with summerly weather, hot temperatures, and warm moonlit nights. Blue skies!

The nightly sky painted the bellflowers blue.

More skies at:

Watery Wednesday - Too much rain!

The weather in May was cold and extremely wet here in Vienna.
Rain, rain, rain!
Even the flowers in our backyard had to wear umbrellas!

June seems to be not one bit better!
12°C/53°F today, and rain...

Anemone

Today's flowers - Wild roses and chestnut trees

The first rose bushes are blooming in Vienna! White and yellow, surrounded by lush green!

On my picture, the chestnut trees are still blooming. But today's cold rain has washed down the petals.
The icemen are doing their best!

You find flowers from all around the world here:

Sky Watch Friday - Sunset at the Danube

The weather forecast said rain,
but we enjoyed a wonderful sunset at the Danube yesterday evening.

Watch the sky all around the globe:

Today's flowers - Peonies

In Vienna's Burggarten, peonies bloom beside chestnut trees and lilac.
It's the most beautiful season of the year now!

Enjoy flowers from all around the globe!

The first May day celebration in Vienna

For 120 years now, the European Social Democrats and Communists celebrate the International Workers Day on the first of May with demonstrative street parades.

In view of the financial crisis, traditional social values - Liberté, égalité, fraternité - and social security, have become relevant issues again.

This year's May Day celebrations in Vienna had a lot of retro atmosphere.

After all, a remarkable number of 100.000 participated in the parade along Vienna's Ringstraße and the final celebration at the Rathausplatz.

Ideology and reality were in harmony!

And this is the traditional end of the parade!